Theater Casting Call for a 10-Minute Play Festival
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Seeking performers for a 10-Minute Play Festival, featuring seven plays by local playwrights. More details are below. Additional information: Auditions (and rehearsals) will be held in Kanata. REHEARSAL DATES: TBD. SHOW DATES AND TIMES: Friday, August 1 – Saturday, August 2, 2025 @ 7:30 pm. Saturday, August 2-Sunday, August 3, 2025 @ 2:30 pm. If you're interested, please apply.
21 roles
"Last Stand at Southwatch" play. Crusty, used to being obeyed. Cannot see the truth of the situation.
"Last Stand at Southwatch" play. War weary. Sees the reality and hopelessness of the situation but still follows orders and (reluctantly) supports the Captain.
"Last Stand at Southwatch" play. Young and highly idealistic. Dreams of glory.
"Last Stand at Southwatch" play. Close in age and friend of Second-In-Command. He knows the war is lost. Gets frustrated with the blind attitude of the Captain.
"Tents Situation" play. A well-groomed woman. Met Forrest through a dating sight (“Tinder”). Got her hair and nails done expecting a lavished romantic getaway and finds herself with Forrest at a remote camping sight instead. However, when danger strikes her Girl Guide training saves the day.
"Tents Situation" play. A rugged-looking man. Met Maddy through a dating sight (“Tinder”). Wants to impress her with his he-man outdoorsy talents, which he is faking pathetically.
"Getting There" play. Wife of Steve. A little jealous of her friend Ella’s newfound independence, (though it came at the cost of becoming a widow). Very frustrated with her husband Steve’s stubborn resistance to any kind of change.
"Getting There" play. A friend of Sarah Grace. A widow. Looking forward to a weekend at her friend Sarah Grace’s cottage.
"Getting There" play. A cop doing his job. Would be somewhat intimidating in light of the soon to be revealed circumstances.
"Menage à Trois" play. Female older resident. Used to host a radio show.
"Menage à Trois" play. Male new resident. Old flame of Jacqueline’s. Former star of the theatre.
"Menage à Trois" play. Pronounces words with a French accent. Describes himself as a “well-traveled pilot”. Has a crush on Jacqueline.
"Menage à Trois" play. Cranky, domineering and a “giant prude”. Does not believe in sex after 40.
"A Cut Above" play. Pleasant, long silver-grey hair, sits in chair spinning the yarn which creates the lives of mortals.
"A Cut Above" play. Carefree, limber, roams about the stage somewhat dramatically. Likes to visit earth and interact with humans for fun and to relieve boredom.
"A Cut Above" play. Grumpy, mostly at desk writing. Atropos decides the manner of each death and records it in the book.
"Study Buddy" play. A student. More interested in asking out a girl in his History class, than studying.
"Study Buddy" play. A perky robot. “Version 2.3, released in 2036”, designed to create a lifelike simulation of a study partner.
"Cod Almighty" play. A fish. Believes he caught a glimpse of an afterlife after being caught and thrown back.
"Cod Almighty" play. A smaller fish. Bob’s friend. Believes that Bob was “brought up” to give a message to all fish.
"Cod Almighty" play. A larger fish. Grumpy, non-believer. “All there is, is swimming, eating, pooping and spawning. That’s it.”